Ornamental cake platter



Sept. 9, 1952 M. E. STANLEY 2,61q,111

ORNAMENTAL CAKE PLATTER Filed April 9, 1951 2 SHEETS- -SHEET 1 IN V EN TOR.

BY I

ry Sfan/e Sept. 9, 1952 I M. E. STANLEY 1 ORNAMENTAL CAKE PLATTER Filed April 9, 1951 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Mary E, Stanley INVENTOR.

Patented Sept. 9, 1952 onNAMENTAL CAKE .rLAr'rE-a j'Mary Stanley, 'Rockingha'm, inppncafienn u 9, 1951, swarm; 220,112

k rem-1 (01. 41-10) This invention relates to an attractive, inexpensive and useful ornamental cake platter and constitutes a continuation-impart of applicants co-pending application Serial No. 162,637, filed May 18, 1950, on which Patent-No. 2,552,297 wasgranted on May -8, 1-951.

The primary 'diiferenc'elbetween the cake plat-- ter of the present invention :and that disclosed in the parent application resides in the fact that no plurality of concentric overlapping ruffles are employed. Instead, the present invention comprises a relatively rigid ibase plate upon which is appropriately secured adjacent the 'marginal edge thereof a plurality of overlapping sheets of decorative material so configurated and secured to the base plate as to? provide (a cake platter which is extremely attractive :in appearance, isdished outcentrally to properly locate and retain a cake thereon "and which so protects some of the decorative materials from crumbs falling from the cake so as to allow the cake platter to be re-used a number of times.

Other objects and :features of the invention will become readily apparent from the following description when considered with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure ,1 is a topwplan view of one of the cake platters, a repeat sector of which is contained between the dotted lines, it being understood that the repeat sector extends throughout the plate;

Figure 2 is a-sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section'line 2- -2 of'Eigure'fl;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially onsection line 3, -3 of Figure 1f;

Figurea is a top plan sectoral view (if-another form of the invention;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 55 of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a top plan sectoral view of a third form of the invention;

Figure '7 is a sectionalviewtakensubstantially V on the plane of section line 'l--'|'of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a topplan'sectoralviewcof'a fourth form of the invention; and

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken substantially .onthe plane of section line -9--9- of Figure 8.

Specific reference will now be made to the drawings. In theseveral views in the accompanying drawings and in the following specification reference characters indicate corresponding elements throughout.

Referring first to the simplest form of the invention as illustrated in Figures 8 and 9, the present cake platter comprises a relatively rigid v means.

base plate H], which iswpreferablyfabricated of cardboard and circular, and positioned on the cake platter is a rufiie 12 having upstanding box plaits M, the outer end i6 .of which extends beyond theperipheral edgeI'B of the base plate I 0. V A transparentpliable plastic sheet 2 ill isvprovided upon which is embossed doily configurations 22 which include perforate configurations 24 around the margin 16:01 the transparent sheet. The pliable transparent ,plastic sheet -29 may be fabricated of a number'of plastics, such as cellophane, and the doily configurations 22 and 24 may be embossed thereon in a conventional manner with a suitable die in .a press. The ruflie [2 may bedabricated of suitably col- .ored textile materials and-the latter maybe secured at its inner end tojthe rbase plate H) together with-the :trans'parent jplastic sheet 29 by acommon means such 'as stitching x2 8 or staples if desired. As shown clearly in Figure 19, this cake platter has a marginal raised portion and a central depressed or dished-in portion for properly locating and retaining the caketon the platter. ,Since the perforate configurations -24 overlie the inner-portions of the rufiie 12, the

latter will be somewhat protected from cruinbs falling off the cake g-and'the same time -the entire cake platter will :be veryi attractive in appearance.

,In the lmodificationshown Figures 6 and 7,

tarrelatively rigidbaseyplateill is provided equivalent to the tbase plate I!) and disposed thereon isla rufiie of textile material rievi g upstanding boxqplaits :34, the outer edge 36:01 which extends beyond the marginal edge 38-ofthe base plate. A paper dolly 40 having perforated-configurations-AZ at the outer edgeor-margin thereof is disposed on the base ,plate with the marginal configurations "overlapping a portionof the ruffle r32 asshown clearly in the 'drawings,, -A--pliable transparent plastic sheet .144; is disposedhpon the base plate in such a :manner thatit. covers the d'oily and has an outer marginal edge which extends beyond the marginal edger-of the doily 46. The inner ed es of the ruflie :32 and doily Mare-secured by acommon means-togetherwith the transparentmlastic sheetaid to :the base plate as by stitching 74:8, rsta-ples or rothfir: suitable In this form 10f (the invention-the :doily is fabricated of paper and is a sheet separate from the transparent plastic sheet and, as in the modification previously described, the cake platter is dished out to properly locate and retain a cake thereon and is attractive by virtue of the doily configurations and the rufiie 32 showing through the perforate marginal c'onfigurations 42 of the doily. Since the outer marginal edge of the transparent sheet extends beyond the outer marginal edge of the paper doily, a substantial portion of the ruflie 32 will be protected from falling crumbs to a greater extent than the protection afiorded in the previously described modification.

In the modification shown in Figures 4 and 5, a relatively rigid base plate 50 is provided upon which is secured at its inner edge a rufiie 52 of textile material which is provided with upstand= ing plaits 54.

tend radially of the rufile. The outer edge 56 of the ruflle extends beyond the outer marginal edge 58 of the base plate and secured at'its 'inner.

edge on the base plate and overlying a portion of the rufile 52 is a further ruffle 60 of colored net ting having plaits 62 which engage the plaits 52 of the first-named rulile 52. The ruffle 6d of colored netting is, in effect, a tinsel sheet fabricated preferably of a perforated thin metal, such as tin, aluminum and the like, the tinsel sheet being suflicientlyfiexible to conform to the contour of the rufiie 52 and yet rigid enough to hold the rufile 52 in an elevated position relative to the plane of the base plate 50. This is accomplished by the fact that the rufiles B2 of the tinsel sheet 60 actually engage and exert a gripping action on the inner portions of the plaits 5 3 of the ruflle 52.

Secured upon the base plate is a paper doily 64 which has perforate doily configurations 63 around the outer marginal edge thereof, these perforate doily configurations overlapping a por tion of the colored netting or tinsel sheet 6!). Secured upon the base plate 50 is a pliable transparent plastic sheet -68, the outer edge It of which extends beyond the outer marginal edge of the paper doily 64. The ruffle 52, the tinsel sheet 60, the paper doily 64 and the transparent plastic sheet 68 may all be secured upon the base plate 50 by a common means such as stitching l2, staples or any other suitable attaching means. In this form of the invention, the tinsel sheet 60 is effective'in retaining the ruflie 52 and the outer marginal portions of the doily 64 and plastic sheet 68 in a normally elevated position so that the platter has a central dished-in or depressed portion for properly locating and retaining the cake on the platter. The transparent plastic sheet protects the doily and the ruifie 52 from falling crumbs and the perforated tinsel sheet 60 also serves to protect the rufiie 52 and itself cannot be readily soiled.

The modification shown in Figures 1 to 3 is substantially the same as that shown in Figures 4 and 5 except for one major diiference which will appear hereinafter. Itcomprises a substantially circular, relatively rigid base plate 14 upon which is secured at its inner edge a rufile 16 having upstanding curved plaits 1B, the outer edge 80 of the ruffie extending beyond the outer marginal edge 8| of the base plate. A ruflle of colored netting or tinsel sheet 82 is provided which is secured at its inner edge on the base plate and which has upstanding curved plaits 3 2 which conform to the contour of the plaits 18 While these plaits resemble box plaits they are not necessarily box plaits and exand engage and slightly grip them. Secured upon the base plate is a paper doily 88 which This modification differs from the one shown in 'Q' Figures 4 and 5 in that the outer edge 94 of the tinsel sheet extends beyond the outer edge 80 of the textile ruffle 75. This imparts greater rigidity to the structure and securely maintains the outer peripheralportio'n of the cake platter in a raised position relative to the plane of the base plate to allow for proper location and retention of the cake on the platter. This construction also affords greater protection of the textile ruflle against 'falling'crum bs. i v

In view of theIoregoing description taken in conjunction with the'accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding or the device Will be quite appa'renti tothose skilled in this art. A more detailed description isiaccord ingly deemed unnecessary. l r

It 'is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, 'what is claimed as new is:

An ornamental cake'platter comprising a relatively rigid and substantiallycircular base plate, a single annularruflle including a flat inner edge portion secured to -said base plate at points spaced inwardly from the marginal edge of the latter and a main body portion comprising a plurality of radial plaits projecting beyond the marginal edge of the base'plate, a substantially circular paper doily secured on said bas'e plate and having an ornamental perforate marginal portion overlapping the main body portion of said ruflle, the marginal edge or said doily being spaced inwardly from the marginal edge of the ruffle, and a substantially circular sheet of pliable transparent plastic secured to said base plate and covering said doily, the-marginal edge of said transparent plastic being spaced outwardly from the "marginal edge of the doily and spaced inwardly from the marginale'dgebf saidruffle, said doily and said base plate rigsubstantially equal in diameter. I 1' V STANL streamer:sr lr' r'nry" The following references are "record in the file of this patent: l

UNITED srA'TEs PATENTS:

Number Name I A Date 1,631,205, Horner June 7,192?

2,482,981 Karnrass septfz'z, 1949 Stanley a are 5 

